Ch. 266                                    2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

[(iv)] (VI) the Chairman of the [Forvm for Rural Maryland]
COUNCIL or the Chairman's designee.

(3) THE AGENCIES LISTED IN SUBSECTION (E)(2)(I) THROUGH (V) OF THIS
SECTION MAY ASSIST THE COUNCIL WITH ADMINISTERING INDIVIDUAL GRANT
AWARDS.

[(3)] (4) The Board shall:

(i) establish procedures for applications for grants;

(ii) review applications for grants; and

(iii) make BINDING recommendations to the [Department of
Business and Economic Development] COUNCIL regarding the [recipient]
RECIPIENTS of grants and the amount of the grants.

[(4)] (5) [Beginning in fiscal year 2002, the] THE Board shall give
funding priority to organizations described in subsection (c)(2)(i) of this section that
have:

(i) obtained an equal matching amount of funding from a source
other than the State in the immediate prior fiscal year; or

(ii) sufficient evidence of a commitment of a third party funding
source to provide an equal matching amount of funding in the current fiscal year.

[(g)] (F) (1) A grant recipient shall submit to the [Department of Business
and Economic Development] COUNCIL written documentation of how the grant
recipient spent or otherwise used the grant.

(2) On or before June 30 of each year, the [Department of Business and
Economic Development] COUNCIL shall submit to the Governor and, in accordance
with § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly, a written
report that includes:

(i) the number of grants made during the fiscal year;

(ii) the names of the recipients of the grants;

(iii) the specific purpose of each grant awarded; and

(iv) documentation of how the grant recipient spent or otherwise
used the grant.

11-203.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this Division II does
not apply to:

(1) procurement by:

(i) the Blind Industries and Services of Maryland;

(ii) the Maryland State Arts Council, for the support of the arts;

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